Swedish Army Buys 15,000 M4A1 Carbines

By Eric B

Photo credit: Lance Cpl. Pranav Ramakrishna

The Swedish Defense Materiel Administration (FMV) currently has more than 100 procurement projects underway, and Sweden is taking significant steps to modernize its military capabilities. As frequent readers of TFB already know, one of these projects is to procure a new family of man-portable weapons. The project includes automatic carbines, sharpshooting and sniper weapons, as well as new machine guns, grenade launchers and 12.7-millimeter automatic rifles. The aging Ak 5 standard issue carbine (a Swedish version of the FN FNC) has been in use since the 1980s and urgently needs replacing.Sweden’s New Service Rifle @ TFB: Sweden Signs Agreement For More Sako AK 24 Rifles POTD: The Swedish Automatkarbin 24 Full-Auto Suppressed POTD: Sweden’s New Automatic Carbine 24

The Automatkarbin 24, or Ak 24. Picture from FMV.

The first weapon in the project, the AK 24 (caliber 5.56 NATO) is now being delivered and field-tested. However, Sako of Finland is not able to deliver

Source: The Firearm Blog